Debriefing Models

By Martha Lasley

How do we add more variety in our debrief process? The same way we want variety in our coaching, the debriefing process is enhanced when we create space for the unexpected. If you’re tired of some version of “What did you learn?” let’s explore some other options.

Greenaway: This model generates higher involvement and higher quality discussions, useful when you really want to land the learning deeply.

1 - 2 – All

1: solo reflecting or writing or make a brief personal statement 2: talking in pairs 3: Whole group discussion

or in reverse order:

All - 2 - 1

or to maximize the learning:

1 - 2 - All - 2 – 1

Greenaway also developed the Spinning Plates model that encourages deviation from the debrief process model. The facilitator pays attention to the plate that is most likely to fall next…any plate that has escaped recent attention… and this keeps changing…

Learning Styles Debrief: To encourage full engagement of different learning styles

Auditory – Listen to your Inner Wisdom

Visual – Draw a picture of your experience

Kinesthetic – Physically act out what you learned

Rough: Dynamic Facilitation – especially useful if the group is into something controversial, the group is stuck, or working on something very challenging.

Purging: sharing what we already know

Transition: feeling discomfort at not knowing what to do with all that’s been said

Excitement: sensing creative possibilities emerging

In the first stage of purging what participants already know, we draw them out, help them feel heard, and record their contributions. Create a mind map, capturing the essence of what everyone says, using their language on one of four flip charts:

problem statements or inquiries

solutions or ideas

concerns or difficulties

data or perspectives

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